A person in American horror, wearing two versions of The Witcher

into the night,

The pale blue light of the sky was completely surrendered to the darkness, and the full moon, which was constantly rising in the dimness, gradually revealed its sharp edges from the hazy orange-red, and its clear silver light pierced through the orange-red, casting its clear light on the village entrance and the road.

In Jiaomu Village, the elder stood under the moonlight and shouted loudly:

"Come here, everyone! Quickly, everyone gather here! Men, grab your pitchforks and stand guard outside. Women, pull your children inside! Hurry, the moon is already full! Is there anyone whose wife hasn't come yet?"

"That house on the east side, that's Hannah's house, the children and the widow haven't come yet. Leila went to call them, but they haven't arrived yet," the tailor's wife called from inside the house.

"Damn it, that woman just lost her husband, and she wants to commit suicide with her child? Two men, go and fetch her!" the elder cursed.

The full moon could trigger werewolves to transform into beasts and go on a killing spree, a fact Geralt informed the elders of, who took it very seriously. They had been going door-to-door to inform everyone since yesterday, but even with the silver moon high in the sky, there were still those who wanted to die who hadn't gathered.

"No need to go fetch the elder, I've seen them. The child has already run over, and the adults are behind him," a man holding a three-pronged pitchfork and trembling all over shouted from the doorway.

It's fine when you don't know, but now that everyone knows the wolf king could appear at any time after the full moon.

Nobody wanted to go out and do anything at this time, not even save lives!

What if, what if we run into the wolf king?

Besides, aren't there also witchers who have taken money?

As soon as he finished speaking, Hannah and Margaret ran into the barn amidst the cheers of the crowd.

The elder, seeing the two women arrive late, was furious and began to berate Hannah's mother, the merchant's widow:

"You slut with a loose back door and a loose belt, it doesn't matter if you die, but these two kids who aren't even as tall as the table, how dare you leave them outside at this hour?"

"I think you're a dead man who doesn't want to live anymore."

"If you really don't want to live anymore, find a fast-flowing river and don't drag the two kids down with you."

"Old widower, even if my belt is loose, I won't undo it for your impotent thing!" the widow immediately cursed back.

"Go in first, hurry up and go in!" Leila pushed the widow from behind, and the men in the village also rushed to persuade the elder.

The verbal battle temporarily ceased, but a few seconds later, Lyra's anxious shout suddenly rang out:

"Elder, where is Huck? Huck? Where are you, Huck? Where did Huck go? Has anyone seen Huck? Has anyone seen my man?"

Everyone inside and outside the house fell silent upon hearing this. By then, the full moon had risen.

The bright moonlight, which should have brought people some comfort, instead added to the sense of panic and eeriness.

The villagers were less willing to go and fetch the women and children, and the men? Ha... Serves them right!

"Hark might have gone looking for you. Let's wait a little longer. Don't panic. He can go into the woods by himself. He'll surely find his way back in a bit," the village blacksmith tentatively advised.

Hearing this, the others immediately found a way to save face and began to comfort Leila.

but……

The moon rises and waxes again, while the bonfire outside flickers and dims.

No one knows how much time has passed, but Huck still hasn't returned.

"I'm afraid Hack won't be coming back." From a place where the campfire and moonlight couldn't reach, this sentence suddenly echoed faintly.

"Who said that? What son of a bitch said that?" the elder cursed upon hearing this.

However, the dozens of people inside and outside the house could not calm down from the anger caused by these words, and no one actually found the person hiding in the shadows.

"Mommy Laila, is Daddy not coming back?" Hunter Hack's son, Niren, asked in a trembling voice, hugging Laila's leg.

"Perhaps he really won't be coming back," the widow replied, her words carrying a hint of schadenfreude.

Little did anyone know, her words acted as a fuse, driving Leila to the brink of madness.

Leila shouted, almost obsessively:

"No, he'll come back, he'll come back. Mommy Layla is going to find Daddy right now, she's going to find Daddy right now."

With that, she turned and tried to rush outside.

The women inside the house immediately grabbed her. If she went outside to look for someone, wouldn't that be like sending them away?

But then, the widow's eyes darted around, and she said:

"Let go of me and let me go out with Leila. We'll just take a walk around my neighborhood, and come right back if we don't find anyone."

The widow's words didn't really have much effect, but some of the women inside the house loosened their grip on her, and then Leila broke free and ran outside, even out into the yard.

The men outside all kept their heads down and didn't try to stop them; no one dared to chase after them.

The elder sighed upon seeing this, then cursed loudly:

"You whore from the east end, look what you've done! Didn't you say you'd go for it? Why didn't you go after it?"

The women inside were also in a bad mood, and seeing this, one of them even pushed the widow.

Seeing that she was losing face, the widow immediately retorted:

"Who's like you spineless bastards? If I say I'll stay, I'll stay."

After saying that, she carefully left the courtyard.

Curses and sighs erupted again inside and outside the house, but that was all; no one actually went after them.

And in this eerie silence and cacophony, no one noticed.

In the corner of the yard, a little kid quietly peeked out from the dog hole.

Behind the courtyard, a dark figure silently left the outer courtyard...

……

at the same time,

Geralt and Roy, having followed the dejected Hack, arrived at the entrance to the cave.

They hid outside the village from nightfall, on the only road leading to the forest behind the village. They were afraid that Hack might transform in the village, but they were also afraid that if they stayed in the village, Hack might get lost and they wouldn't be able to catch up.

In short, it wasn't until Huck managed to sneak out of the village alone that...

The two then emerged and followed the trail from a distance.

The moon was high in the sky, and eerie mournful cries and the sound of fabric being torn could be heard from ahead, indicating that Hack was about to undergo a transformation.

"Awoo~"

The howling of wolves echoed from afar.

"Awooo~"

A wolf-like sound also came from Hack's mouth.

Holding a monocular telescope, Roy could vaguely see Hack, half in the moonlight and half in the darkness, constantly distorting, and its wolf howls summoned three large wolves.

The big wolf circled around him, trying to be friendly, and then followed Hack into the cave.

"Proceed according to plan!"

Geralt gave one last piece of advice and then headed towards the crypt.

They had previously inspected the cave, which contained only a few rock fissures and vents, with no other passageways leading out.

Once the entrance to the underground cave is blocked, the demon-hunting commission will be more than half successful.

It's just a werewolf fed with wolfsbane and aconite; even if there were a few more wolves, it wouldn't be able to turn the tide.

Roy nodded silently and followed closely behind Geralt.

Upon reaching the entrance to the cave, Geralt jumped down first, followed by Roy, who placed the light silver inlaid with the Arden rune at the entrance of the passage.

The entrance to this cave is narrow, and the inside is as empty as a pocket. Placing a magical trap to be activated at the entrance can effectively prevent werewolves from breaking out from the inside.

Geralt was in the lead, with Roy behind him holding a rifle.

After passing through the entrance, Roy stopped moving. His task was to guard the entrance, and he waited until he saw Geralt approach the werewolf.

boom!

He fired the first shot.

thump!

A large wolf whimpered and collapsed to the ground.

"Igni Sign"

Geralt, who had approached, thrust his left hand forward at the sound, causing a tongue of fire to erupt from his fingertips, igniting the fur of the two large wolves surrounding the werewolf Hark.

boom!

Another shot rang out.

Roy detonated a flames on the head of a wolf.

Geralt's steel sword then pierced into another wolf's head.

The three wolves were killed instantly, and inside the cave, the only remaining threat was the werewolf Hak.

Geralt, being closer, was the first to go and greet them.

However, perhaps thanks to the nerfed version of the cat's eye drops Geralt prepared for Roy, and the direction Geralt's flames illuminated for Roy,

Roy shot and killed two large wolves far too easily.

The werewolf Hack's anger was immediately focused on Roy.

The werewolf, with its wolf-like legs, ignored Geralt and charged straight at Roy.

boom!

Roy fired immediately.

The werewolf didn't dodge at all; the rifle bullets hit the werewolf but didn't penetrate its flesh.

However, the impact of the bullets still caused the werewolf's forward momentum to falter.

And that's enough.

Geralt followed up with a quick, powerful kick, his heel slamming into the werewolf's right knee.

It made him stagger and lose his balance.

As he kicked, his supporting leg was already fully charged, and with a sudden leap, his body spun in the air, his steel sword used to kill wolves circling horizontally in the air.

It slashed fiercely at the werewolf's neck.

Bang!

A steel sword cannot slice through the werewolf's neck, which is enveloped in chaotic magic, like a silver sword.

However, the force it carried was enough to knock the werewolf Hack to the ground like a hammer.

Taking advantage of the werewolf's dazed state,

Geralt sheathed his steel sword, stepped onto the werewolf Hark's back, and drew his silver sword.

And without even asking any questions, he was just about to cut it off.

But at this moment,

"Monster, monster, Hack, don't come out, monster!"

A terrified female voice came from outside the cave. Geralt heard the sound and flicked his right hand, his silver sword slicing through the werewolf's neck and plunging into the werewolf's shoulder.

That was originally meant to pierce the werewolf's throat.

Now, all they've done is cut his neck and pierce his shoulder.

Strangely, after Geralt stopped, the werewolf Hack didn't take the opportunity to struggle. Instead, he just stood there with his wolf ears perked up, staring blankly at the entrance to the cave.

thump!

A woman fell from the entrance of the cave. As soon as she landed, she cried out in pain and scrambled backward on her hands and feet.

As it retreated, a space was made up at the entrance to the cave.

Two wolf-like, human-like paws landed lightly on the ground at the entrance; it was yet another werewolf.

Another werewolf was carrying the widow.

Or rather,

"Back off, Roy, he's the Wolf King!"

Geralt spoke hastily.

He smelled the exact same stench on the new werewolf as on Hack's quiver and the claw marks next to the remains.